MFM are front runners in the second tier league pool B1 following a 1-0 win at Gateway United in an opening fixture of the season.

First Bank came close to earning a lift to the elite league last season but a 1-0 defeat at Go-Round Eagles at Omoku, Rivers State on the final day of the season ended their promotion bid.

It appears a new beginning for the bankers who would love to go one step over their last season's final bus-stop.

Plateau United will play away to Adamawa United in a match the Tin City Boys will try hard to win to show their seriousness towards picking a ticket to return to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) next season.